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Ms. Patricia A. Woertz, also known as Pat, served as the Chief Executive Officer at Archer Daniels Midland Company from May 1, 2006 to January 1, 2015. Ms. Woertz served as the Chief Executive Officer of ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. She served as the President of Archer Daniels Midland Company since May 1, 2006. She focused on extending the Archer-Daniels-Midland's strong financial momentum and accelerating the growth of its BioEnergy business while expanding its premier ... position in the agricultural processing value chain. She has a diverse background and breadth of experience. She joined Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. in April 2006. She worked at oil company, Chevron Corp., where she spent 29 years and served as its Executive Vice President of Global Downstream in charge of operations that included refining, marketing, lubricant, supply and trading businesses in 180 countries since 2001. She served as President of Chevron Products Co., its U.S. refining and fuels marketing company. She served as Vice President at Chevron Corp. since 1998. She joined Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh as a Certified Public Accountant. In 1977, She joined Gulf Oil Corp. and served positions in refining and marketing, strategic planning, and finance. In 1981, She transferred to Houston to Head a U.S. upstream audit group. From 1985 to 1987, during the merger of Gulf and Chevron, she worked on asset divestitures as part of the debt-reduction process. Since 1989, she served as a Finance Manager of Chevron Information Technology Co. Since 1991, She served as Chevron Corp.'s Strategic Planning Manager and was responsible for evaluating strategies for both its planning committee and its management committee, both of which she served as Secretary. She served as the President of Chevron Canada Ltd. (CCL) since October 1993, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corp. Since January 1996, she served as President of Chevron International Oil Company, a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. and Vice President of logistics and trading for Chevron Products Co. and was responsible for supply and distribution and worldwide trading. She is an internationally recognized business leader, working frequently with government officials, heads of state, business partners and community stakeholders across the globe. She has been the Executive Chairperson at Archer-Daniels-Midland Company since February 2007 and its Executive Director since May 1, 2006. She has been a Non-Executive Director at Royal Dutch Shell plc since June 1, 2014. She has been an Independent Director at The Procter & Gamble Company since January 8, 2008. She serves on the Board of Directors of American Petroleum Institute, the Board of Trustees of the University of San Diego in California, as well as the Board of Visitors of Pennsylvania State University. In 2000, Fortune magazine named Ms. Woertz one of the top ten most powerful women in business. In 2005, she was named a Distinguished Alumna by Pennsylvania State University. Ms. Woertz graduated in 1974 with a B.S. in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University. In October 1994, she graduated from Columbia University's International Executive Development Program.

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